. An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the coleoptera or beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana : with bibliography and descriptions of new species . Beetles. 126 FAiCILT IT. CAEABirX. KET TO SPECIES OF GBOVP C. a. Color greenish or bluish, base of anteunse, palpi and legs reddish-yel- low: base of thorax not cylindrical, b. Basal Imiiressions of thorax deep. c. Thorax with the basal half distinctly narrowed, the lonff. curved; color purplish or dull green. ^6. EXTE:;fsicoLus. cc. Basal portion of thorax nc>t distinctly narrowed, the impressions sh
. An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the coleoptera or beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana : with bibliography and descriptions of new species . Beetles. 126 FAiCILT IT. CAEABirX. KET TO SPECIES OF GBOVP C. a. Color greenish or bluish, base of anteunse, palpi and legs reddish-yel- low: base of thorax not cylindrical, b. Basal Imiiressions of thorax deep. c. Thorax with the basal half distinctly narrowed, the lonff. curved; color purplish or dull green. ^6. EXTE:;fsicoLus. cc. Basal portion of thorax nc>t distinctly narrowed, the impressions shorter, less curved; thorax and elytra bright green. 206a. var. veridi-;. 66. Basal imi'iessions small, narrow: thorax and scutellum reddish-yel- low. 207. DECOBUS. aa. Color piceous or reddish-brown; base of thorax sulK-ylindrical; elytral intervals convex, marked with a row of small punctures, each punc- ture bearing a fine hair. 20S. pusiixrs. 2iX; (772). Platyxus extexsicoixis Say, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soa, II. lS2a 54: ibid. II. 47S. Elongate, slender. Head and thorax greenish or bronzed, shining; elytra dull greenish or purplish. Base of thorax finely punctured, the im- pressions with a small, blunt tubercle on the outer side near the hind angles, the latter obtuse. Elytral striae shallow, not punctured; intervals slightly convex, alutaeeous. the third with four or five small, remote punc- tures. Length mm. Shores of Fish Lake, Steuben CoiTnty: frequent. Lake CoTinty by Wolcott. :March 26-Juh- 19. *206a (772b). Piatyxus extexsicollis tibidis Lee., Ann. Lye. Nat. IV. 1S4?. 222. Differs from the preceding mainly as mentioned in key. Head some- times blackish-green. Thorax with hind angles more rounded and the basal impressions without tubercles. Varies in depth of elytral stri:e and con- vexity of the Intervals; in some specimens the stri* are finely punctured. Throughout the State; rather common beneath rubbish in damp localities. Hibernates. February- 21-Xovembe
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